DANTE OR DIE THEATRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1129984 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Dante or Die creates place-based theatre projects across the UK. The core aims are to: Present inspiring, unexpected performances in areas where there is little existing contemporary theatre offerDevelop new audiences through participation & local community outreach Inspire & train local theatre-makers and participants Create cross-generational appeal for participants & audiences

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Latest income
£303k
Latest spending
£381k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is a going concern. The document does not explicitly state the amount of free or unrestricted reserves, nor does it disclose a reserves policy target. No specific financial health metrics such as fundraising costs or staff emoluments are explicitly detailed in the provided text.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited. Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£303k£381k
31/03/2024£347k£271k
31/03/2023£120k£201k
31/03/2022£230k£202k
31/03/2021£181k£133k

Common questions

Is DANTE OR DIE THEATRE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is a going concern. The document does not explicitly state the amount of free or unrestricted reserves, nor does it disclose a reserves policy target. No specific financial health metrics such as fundraising costs or staff emoluments are explicitly detailed in the provided text. Its FY2025 accounts were audited.

Who funds DANTE OR DIE THEATRE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DANTE OR DIE THEATRE LIMITED as a grant recipient include JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION, THE RAYNE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATIONFY2024£120kTowards core costs, including salaries, while they create two new live productions and two digital projects
THE RAYNE FOUNDATIONFY2022£17kTowards a digital artistic and engagement project exploring the harms of online gambling.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/12/2024£9kCreative Workshop Prison Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund29/09/2022£10kOdds On
The National Lottery Community Fund25/02/2020£10kProfessional development and paid employment for ex-prisoners

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MIND THE GAP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DANTE OR DIE THEATRE LIMITED£303k——unclear—no doubt
MIND THE GAP FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt
CHINA PLATE THEATRE LIMITED FY2025£752k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ENGLISH STAGE COMPANY LIMITED FY2025£8.6m—0unclear—no doubt
ZION ARTS CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£1.4m——unclear—no doubt
THE BARN THEATRE PROJECT FY2025£2.5m—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.